Question X99 Windows 7 x32 Intel Network drivers

[Starnet]

I am trying to transfer an old X79 Windows 7 x32 partition over to a newer Asus X99 motherboard. I have everything working properly with the exception of the Intel Network adapters. Unfortunately Asus shows the support Windows 7x32 on their web site there are no drivers listed. The x64 drivers wont load (obviously) and nothing I can find on the Intel site have worked so far. They will partially install but show in error in the device menu with a code 28.
The drivers for the P9x79 unfortunately wont work probably because the X79 drivers are 1 GPS and the X99 is 10GPS.

Unfortunately there is some software I need to run in the x32 partition that won't run under x64 or even an emulator.
Any and all suggestions are welcome.
Thanks

 

[stonecarver]

I am trying to transfer an old X79 Windows 7 x32 partition over to a newer Asus X99 motherboard.

What is the exact ASUS board you moving to you need the driver to work on.

Most of the time you would be told to dump your current install and reload OS but being as Windows 7 is no longer supported and even if you did start fresh you can't get back key updates that are needed for 7 to work.

And also an FYI windows 10 did have a 32 bit version if that is a path you might need to go down , just saying.

At best maybe we can band aid you to get your 7 functioning.

 

[Starnet]

Hi Stonecarver thanks for the response but I think trying to get a driver for this is a nogo.



The board is a X99-E-10G WS. It features 2 Intel 10GB ports on it. I called ASUS about it and was told they do not have ANY 32 bit drivers for the X550-AT2 Intel 10gb adapter. They suggested using the X99-E WS/USB3.1 board which is basically the identical motherboard with the exception is that it has 2 Intel I218-LM ports that their are 32 bit drivers available on the ASUS web site.

I did even try a fresh Win7 load but it would only acknowledge the interfaces left them with the yellow triangles and left them not working. Even a fresh copy of Windows 10x32 didn't have a driver for it in the distribution or on the Windows 10 update site.

Another solution ASUS offered was to ad a PCI-E Network card on the PCI-E bus or plug a USB network dongle an work of Wifi and just forget about the 2 10G ports and disable them in the devices configuration
and used the added network port. All logical suggestions.

As far as Windows 7 is concerned I have a number of graphic programs and vinyl cutting programs that won't work on anything newer the Win7 and unfortunately they only run under 32 bit version OS as well. I have tried newer versions of Windows and tried the emulators but the hardware emulation is just not good enough for them to run properly. And since the companies that wrote this software has gone the way of the DODO there is no update available there.

One The thing I find really funny is that ASUS says this MB supports Windows7 x32 (and also Windows 10 x32) but there are no drivers for the network adapters used on that specific board for either OS.

I may have a possibility to get my hands on the other board ASUS recommended but who knows until you get your hands on it and try to configure to work as you need it and on top of that its going to cost me. If I could get everything to work correctly that would be the best solution that would easily put me in good shape for at least another 3 years or so.

I just might have to just use the old computer and dedicate it for used only with the graphics system, I guess I could always use a KVM switch and flip flop back and forth as needed. Then build the new system and move all the stuff that I can to the new system and look into retiring the Vinyl Graphics system down the road.

 

[Starnet]

Final: Apparently ASUS/INTEL never wrote drivers for the x86 systems for the X550 10G NUC for the X99-e10.

So I have abandon the ASUS X99-E-WS 10G for the X99-E-WS USB/3.1. And though its a few percent slower with the same hardware it was a snap to configure, actually I was able to take an SSD from my old ASUS P9x79 Deluxe update the Chipset and the MEI software, load the Intel 218 NUC drivers and a quick re-activation and we were back in business.

All I need to do now is sell off the old motherboard and memory and were done for at least a couple of years. It would have been nice to be future proof on the network side of the shop but in reality I don't need dual 10g throughput.